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After nearly three years since “1989”, Taylor Swift is set to deliver her sixth studio album “Reputation.”
The popstar made the announcement on her social media accounts after sharing videos of a snake.
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) August 23, 2017
The album will be out on Nov. 10, while the first single will be released Friday.
Her album art is a black-and-white photo of the “Bad Blood” singer overlaid with what appears to be newspaper prints of her name.
Swift’s blonde hair is slicked back and she wears dark matte lipstick along with a choker and a ripped shirt.
Just a few hours prior to the announcement, Swift’s accounts unleashed a 10-second video of a snake snapping to reveal its fangs.
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) August 23, 2017
The teasers and the album may be a nod to the flak she has received over the past year when she got involved with celebrity feuds.
The snake emoji became associated with the 27-year-old musician in 2016 when she outed herself as a co-writer of ex-boyfriend Calvin Harris’ song “This Is what You Came for.”
While the song was a summer hit, Harris called her out in now-deleted tweets for attempting to ruin his image when both had agreed to keep their collaboration secret.
Rapper Kanye West and his wife, Kim Kardashian, also locked horns with the singer over inappropriate lyrics in West’s song “Famous.”
West and Kardashian supporters popularized the #taylorswiftisasnake hashtag after Kardashian showed a video of West on the phone with Swift. They discussed using her name, but he did not disclose the complete lyrics.
“I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex / I made that bitch famous” went the line. Swift said using “bitch” had not been cleared with her and deemed it misogynistic.
While she was relatively quiet on social media in 2016, Swift continued to be dissed for her relationships: netizens branded her public romance with actor Tom Hiddleston as a publicity stunt.
Content from her social media accounts was then wiped out a week ago, and the first slithering snake video appeared on Aug. 21.
If her promotional materials are any indication, it seems Swift isn’t just going to let haters hate: she is out to reclaim her reputation.
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